Prabhas-Saif Ali Khan starrer 'Adipurush' set in Goregaon catches fire on Muhurat day

On February 2, a major fire broke out at  sets of Saif Ali Khan and Prabhas-starrer Adipurush in Mumbai. incident took place on sets at a Goregaon studio, Mumbai. So far, injuries have been reported. It is said that incident happened due to a short circuit and entire chroma set up went into ashes. On or hand, it is also reported that Saif Ali Khan and Prabhas were t present on set when fire broke out. 

Adipurush's set catches fire 

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Adipurush sets in Mumbai catch fire

Entertainment portal Pinkvilla also confirmed in its report that it happened due to a short circuit. However, it eventually came under control. Within a few minutes, a fire brigade was spotted on sets. Post lunch, a bystander saw fire flakes outside studio. 

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Early on day, director Om Raut shared pictures from muhurat.  first picture was of clapboard in focus, and second was of clapboard kept in front of idol. Raut wrote along with it, “#Adipurush muhurat” followed by a series of hashtags and tagging people and banners that are on-board project. On or hand, Prabhas had also anunced that upcoming movie has gone on floors. He shared logo poster of film that had "Aarambh" (begins) written under title. 

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Last month, team of Adipurush started rolling with motion capture. Speaking on same, producer Prasad Sutar had said, “High-end visual effects combined with real-time techlogy is commonly used in international films and this always helps filmmakers narrate ir story. To create world of Adipurush and to tell epic tale, we are bringing toger same. Adipurush is a huge mission for all of us and we are looking forward to embark on this journey with Bhushanji.”

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Om Raut directorial will be a period drama adapted from Indian epic Ramayana. Prabhas will play  role of Lord Ram while Saif Ali Khan will play  antagonist,  demon king Raavan aka Lankesh. As of w, details of rest of cast, including female lead, are under wraps.

With inputs from PR